60 - Battle Of The Unbeatens (12-17-59)

PHOTO: Garaway Pirates Top Scorer - Koran Zehnder

PHOTO: Tuscarawas Valley Trojans Top Scorer - Clarence Canrill

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Looking for an evening of basketball excitement, thrills, spills and chills? That type of action typifies the play in the Tuscarawas County Class "A" League where just about anything can and usually does happen. This year's race for league laurels has already been tagged as one of the hottest in many seasons. And the best is yet to come! Topping this weeks 4-game slate is the battle of unbeatens - Garaway Highs Pirates and Tuscarawas Valley's Trojan's - on the former's court. Tuscarawas, another top contender for league laurels with a 2-0 record and 4-1 overall as the result of a surprise 55-50 loss to Port Washington Tuesday night in a non-league encounter, will be at Strasburg. The Broncos do not face either Tuscarawas Valley or Garaway until February and by then the whole complexion of the league race might be changed. In other league action Port Washington's Purple Riders (4-3 and 1-2 in the loop), are at Gnadenhutten, winner of 2 of 6 games with a 1-2 circuit mark. Stone Creek, which has lost all six of its games, including two league encounters, will travel to Midvale to meet the Blue Devils, who are 2-4 and 1-1.

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Garaway, under the tutorship of Jim Stull, has close to an all-veteran cast. It is one of the best balanced combines in the area. In rolling to 6 straight victories, 2 of which have been in league play, it has topped Baltic 58-43, Fresno 77-57, Strasburg 65-51, Midvale 70-50 Port Washington 78-47 and West Lafayette 79-44. Tuscarawas Valley, lacking height as the result of graduation of big rebounders Ben Price and Roy Buchanan, has turned to a fast-breaking style and it has paid dividends. Coach Bob Heller's combine has counted four victories, including one in the league. Leading the Pirates into the fray will be Senior Koran Zehnder (5-10) who will be at guard. He has counted 125 points an average of slightly more than 20 per game. Other starters in the well-balanced Buc attack are guard Bob Raber (6-1) and scorer of 60 points; forwards Jim Gerber (5-11) and Tom Andreas (6-1) with 73 and 65 points, respectively, and center Charles Stingel (6-1), who has tallied 89 points. High point man in the Tuscarawas Valley offense is Senior vet Clarence Cantrill (5-9). A forward, he has tallied 65 points. Teammate Jim Studer (5-10) at the opposite forward has scored 58, while guards Ron Lake (5-6) and Albert Cerett (5-10) have scored 50 and 30, respectively. Center Bruce Ickes has scored 18 points.

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Thursday, December 17, 1959

The Daily Reporter

Dover, Ohio